一、完形填空

Randy Kraus was paralyzed（癱瘓）. His left side was useless. But his right hand was .1 enough to lift a bucket to his forehead. Once， hed been a police officer and owned a private-eye agency. Once， hed been strong and able. Now， he felt he was nothing.

His 2 started with Parkinsons （帕金森） disease， but it didnt 3 there. In July 2002， the 60-year-old Kraus went into the hospital for an operation to control the shaking. 4 ， during the operation， he had a stroke（中風(fēng)）. He was paralyzed. The 5 man， who loved golf， could think， but couldnt 6 . Kraus wanted the doctors to 7 it to him straight. “You may never walk again，” they told him. “Maybe you wont 8 be able to talk. ”

Once home， he 9 he couldnt lift a fork or take a drink by himself. Physical treatment was so painful and slow. What did he have to 10 for？ So now Kraus held the gun against his head. 11 . the cold metal on his skin， he began to consider not his pain， but the pain he 12 cause his wife， daughters and grandchildren. He didnt pull the trigger（扳機(jī)）.

“You are where you are”， his exercise physiologist（生理學(xué)者）， Andrew Garud told him. “The pace （進(jìn)度） would be slow；the pain would be 13 . But as long as you are 14 ， you have the ability to get better.” After three months of 15 with Garud， Kraus wanted to see if he could 16 . He could. Then he took three steps， sat down and cried like a baby. One step 17 to another. Next he managed a short walk. It was the hardest 18 . of Krauss life.

Garud kept saying he could 19 more. Now， Kraus can brush his teeth， shave himself and get around the house with a walker. Little success only the paralyzed can 20 understand.

1. A. safe B. good

C. big D. free

2. A. puzzle B. process

C. injury D. trouble

3. A. end B. achieve

C. pause D. reach

4. A. Therefore B. Besides

C. However D. Otherwise

5. A. tough B. normal

C. strange D. rough

6. A. talk B. hear

C. move D. operate

7. A. give B. offer

C. leak D. pass

8. A. still B. only

C. just D. even

9. A. supposed B. observed

C. declared D. found

10. A. search B. try

C. live D. look

11. A. Touching B. Feeling

C. Leaving D. Laying

12. A. should B. must

C. would D. need

13. A. sharp B. dull

C. familiar D. real

14. A. awake B. alive

C. aware D. available

15. A. chatting B. working

C. discussing D. testing

16. A. walk B. stand

C. shake D. fall

17. A. turned B. pointed

C. led D. stuck

18. A. fight B. adventure

C. lesson D. defence

19. A. hold B. walk

C. prevent D. do

20. A. fully B. generally

C. suddenly D. simply

二、閱讀理解

Last summer， when Amanda R of Anaheim Hills， Calif， was running on a cross-country course with her team， she blacked out. “I got really dizzy，” she says. “I was out for a few minutes.” At first， Amanda thought she was just tired and didnt think she had a health problem. She did go to the emergency room， where she was released after tests， but she fainted（昏厥） again several days later as she was talking with her coach. Another doctor ran more tests and told her she had a heat illness. “I had been running in heat all summer，” Amanda says， The doctor guessed that Amanda had blacked out. “because we were in heat so much with not enough water and not enough of the right king of foods”.

Teens often dont want to stop and take a break or dont notice when they start to feel bad， doctors say. However， paying attention if youre not feeling well is important， as Amanda learned.

As a result， Amanda has changed her habits. “I drink a lot more water.” she says. “And put more salt in my diet. Im eating more balanced meals.” Amanda advises teen athletes to trust their coaches and speak up when theyre not feeling well. “And recognize the difference between when youre tired and when theres something really wrong.”

Some people， up to 3 percent of the populationsweat too much， even in cold weather. The condition， called hyperhidrosis（多汗）， can affect many parts and it often runs in families. Too much sweating over the whole body could be a symptom of another medical condition. Doctors arent sure what causes hyperhidrosis， but using special medications or other treatments can help.

1. What happened to Amanda when she was running on a cross-country course？

A. She was tired and had a rest for a few minutes.

B. She fell down to the ground because of thirst.

C. She lost consciousness for a short time.

D. She was asked to stop the race.

2. What caused the happening mentioned in the passage during Amandas running？

A. She couldnt breath in enough air in the race.

B. She didnt eating anything before the race.

C. She had been running all summer without a rest.

D. She neither drank enough water nor ate enough of the right king of foods.

3. Amanda advised teen athletes to .

A. tell their coach if they feel bad

B. put more salt into their drinking water

C. eat much more to get energy

D. stop running and never run in summer

4. The underlined sentence in Passage 4 may means .

A. all family members often sweat when they are running

B. hyperhidrosis often hands down from generation to generation

C. every member of the family likes running

D. people like to run in the form of families

5. The purpose of writing this massage is to .

A. introduce the treatment of a heat disease

B. explain what is the cause of hyperhidrosis

C. expect teens to beat the heat in the summer exercise

D. tell the difference between being tired and being wrong